2012 Election
Herman Cain, a 2012 candidate for the Republican Party's nomination for president of the United States, has struggled to articulate a consistent position on abortion. Reuters

In Thursday's Iowa GOP Presidential debate, rising star Herman Cain ended his closing remarks with a quote from a Pokémon song.

"A poet once said, 'life can be a challenge, life can seem impossible, but it's never easy when there's so much on the line,'" said Cain, the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza.

Previously, Cain attributed that same quote to the "closing song of the 2000 Olympics" at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans on June 17.

The actually origin of that quote, however, is the theme song for "Pokémon: The Movie 2000." The song was written by Mervyn Warren & Mark Chait, produced by David Foster, and performed by singer Donna Summer.

New York Magazine first reported the story here.

Video of Herman Cain quoting the Pokémon song (starts at 15:00 minute mark):

Video of the Pokémon song:

Clip from the Pokémon movie:

Pokemon